Public sector apprenticeship target

This data has been published in accordance with the Public Sector Apprenticeship Target. Public Bodies employing more than 250 people are required to have regard to the target of 2.3% of employees being new starting apprentices. 2018 is the first year Public Bodies have been required to publish this data. The reporting period ran from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018.

| Information | Figures | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------| | Number of employees who were working for the organisation in England on 31 March 2017 | 4895 | | Number of employees who were working for the organisation in England on 31 March 2018 | 4215 | | Number of new employees who started working for the organisation in England between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018 | 483 | | Number of apprentices who were working for the organisation in England on 31 March 2017 | 25 | | Number of apprentices who were working for the organisation in England on 31 March 2018 | 27 | | Number of new apprentices in England whose apprenticeship agreements started between 1 April 2017 and March 2018 | 23 | | Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018 | 4.76% | | Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2018 | 0.64% | | Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2017 | 0.47% |